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News Release from: Environmental Reference Materials | Subject: ERM
Edited by the Laboratorytalk Editorial
Team on 23 October 2002
Nist traceable lead paint standards
These certified reference materials are useful to laboratories performing testing of environmental samples including paint, soil and dust for lead by atomic and emission spectroscopy
Environmental Reference Materials announces the availability of four new National Institute of Standards and Technology (Nist) traceable lead paint standards These certified reference materials are useful to laboratories performing testing of environmental samples including paint, soil and dust for lead by atomic and emission spectroscopy
This article was originally published on Laboratorytalk on 13 May 2002 at 8.00am (UK)
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They can be used in meeting quality control requirements of the American Industrial Hygiene Association's environmental lead laboratory accreditation programme which accredits testing laboratories under the US EPA's National lead laboratory accreditation programme.
The laboratories accredited under these programmes are authorised under US regulations to perform testing to assess the hazard from lead-based paint in buildings, ships and surrounding areas undergoing abatement procedures.
ERM-6a, lead free paint, contains <4ppm lead and is intended to serve as a blank during testing of field samples of paint.
ERM-7a, lead free soil, also contains <4ppm lead and is intended as a blank for soil testing.
ERM-8a, lead paint, contains 367ppm lead and is intended for use as a laboratory quality control sample when testing paint for lead.
ERM-9a, lead paint in soil, contains 484ppm lead and is intended for use as a laboratory quality control sample when testing soil for lead.
These certified reference materials have been tested against Nist Standard Reference Materials SRM 2582 (Powdered Paint), SRM 2709 (San Joaquin Soil) and SRM 2586 (Trace Elements in Soil Containing Lead).
They are packaged in 50g quantities (ERM-8a is 35g) and are being offered at an introductory price of $2 per gram until 15 November, after which the price will be $3 per gram.
Five non-Nist traceable standards are also offered.
ERM-7, lead free soil (8ppm) and four lead paint in soil standards, ERM-9, 10, 11, and 12 (558-6606ppm lead) are being offered in both 5 and 50g units at $1 per gram until 15 November, after which the price will be $1.65/gram.
Minimum order is $50.
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